Switzerland
swi-19341230-c-002
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Occasion: 1935 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 1935, Davos, Switzerland
Belongs to cancel group 34

The 1935 World Ice Hockey Championship was held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 19 through January 27, 1935. There was one common cancel banner used and it was used in numerous cities. Also the use of the cancel started well before the first day of the tournament, January 19. The banner size was 42 mm x 20 mm and the bullseye was 23 mm in diameter

NOTE

BASEL 2
12 13
30 . XII
1934
BRIEFVERSAND
EISHOCKEY-
WELT-
MEISTERSCHAFT
19.-27.JAN.193
DAVOS

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BASEL 2
12 13
30 . XII
1934
MAIL DELIVERY
ICE HOCKEY-
WORLD-
CHAMPIONSHIP
19.-27.JAN.1935
DAVOS


Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXXVI

From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.

Switzerland (1850-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 7,248,984 (1997 estimate). A land-locked federation in central Europe, situated between France, Germany, Austria and Italy. The country has three official languages: German, French and Italian.

In addition from Wikepedia
Romansh has been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with German, French, and Italian.